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Shahu Modak (25 April 1918 – 11 May 1993) was an Indian actor who acted in many Hindi as well as Marathi movies. Shahu Modak was mostly famous for the mythological characters that he played. He mostly played the roles of
Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...
, and
Jñāneśvar Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ, (Devanagari : सन्त ज्ञानेश्वर), also referred to as Jñāneśvara, Jñānadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni ( ...
.


Personal life

Shahu Modak was born in a
Marathi Christian Marathi Christians are an ethnoreligious group of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Maharashtra who accepted Christianity during the 18th and 19th centuries during the East India Company, and later, the British Raj. Conversion ...
family of
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on 25 April 1918. Shahu Modak died on 11 May 1993.


Filmography

Shahu Modak acted in numerous films from 1932 to 1986. He played lord
Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...
's character in around 30 movies. He also sang two songs for movie Bharat Milap.


Manoos Award

The Rangat Sangat Pratishthan gives this award since 2001 to a senior artist who has been associated with Shahu Modak as an actor. This award is given at the hands of police commissioner since Shahu Modak played the role of a police in
film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...
Manoos. Baby Shakuntala, Asha Kale and Sulochana has been some of the recipients of this award.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Modak, Shahu Male actors in Marathi cinema Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors from Maharashtra 1993 deaths 1918 births 20th-century Indian male actors